The Isles, 5-18-5 when they hit the ice on December 16th, but 20-14-5 since host Toronto tonight with a chance to deal some serious hurt to the Leafs' playoff chances. Toronto is 5 points behind 8th place Buffalo and have played one more game than the Sabres.

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since 1982. Visit my blog: forever1940.blogspot.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick